The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit 501c3 organization in Palm Beach County, Florida that was established in 1999. The current programs include Children & Parents Day, theTaste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida; the Narrated Bus Tours of Palm Beach County, Florida.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Children & Parents Day goes on the road with outreach initiative and joins National Apple Month and Farms To School Month and coordinates farmers to present healthy snack demo to first grade students

L-R: Mrs. Wilsher, first grade teacher at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach, Florida; Eva Webb and Carole Williams of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. The Florida Farm Bureau Federation gifted Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class with nutrition posters, a Florida agriculture poster and the book Gardening for Grades: Florida Agriculture In The Classroom.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation led the cooking demo of creating a healthy snack using fruits and yogurt. The clever first-graders watched, observed and helped to make yogurt parfait and a spring salad topped with locally grown sweet peppers from Pero Farms and salad dressing created using yogurt. The students had a surprise delight when eating the sweet peppers.

The clever first -raders watched, observed and helped to make yogurt parfait and a spring salad topped with locally grown sweet peppers from Pero Farms and salad dressing created using yogurt. The students had a surprise delight when eating the sweet peppers

Children & Parents Day is held annually in the Spring season. The annual family event has evolved to include culinary components. As an additional outreach initiative, a program was created to help support National Farm To School Month in October which was designated by Congress. Farm To School Month is defined as any program that connects schools (K-12) and local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities, and supporting local and regional farmers. Farm to school programs exist in all 50 states, but since farm to school is a grassroots movement, programs are as diverse as the communities that build them.

There were many connecting points between Farm To School Month and Florida's agriculture history. The lesson included the history of the State of Florida which is celebrating 500 years since the arrival of Spaniard explorer Juan Ponce de Leon in year 1513. The quincentennial has been baptized Viva Florida. The agriculture movement began when Florida was incorporated as a State in 1845. Pioneer Florida farmers grew pineapples, tomatoes, mangoes and varied fruits and vegetables.

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The clever first-graders watched, observed and helped to make yogurt parfait during the snack-making demo led by the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. The farmers demonstrated the feasibility of making a healthy snack using fruits, vegetables, oatmeal and yogurt.

For the snack-making demo at Trinity Lutheran, the farmers sourced fruits and vegetables from local farmers and from the local Target store. Many Florida grown fruits and vegetables are sold locally at national grocery stores. The students learned about produce that's grown locally in Palm Beach County that include sweet papers, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries. The first graders were taught that fruits and vegetables provide the important nutrition building blocks for body that are Nitrogen, Potassium, Protein, Phosphorus and Sulfur.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation gifted Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class with nutrition posters, a Florida agriculture poster and the book Gardening for Grades: Florida Agriculture In The Classroom by Lisa Gaskalla.

Trinity Lutheran is the oldest parochial school in southern Palm Beach County. It was established in 1905 by German settlers to Delray Beach who were farmers from the Country of Germany and Saginaw County, Michigan.

United States Senator Bill Nelson has recognized the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History's Farm To School event held in Kathy Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran. Click here to read the letter.

Farmer Carole Williams, Fallan Patterson and Eva Webb at Trinity Lutheran School for Farm To School Month.

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Trinity's first grade ambassadors greeted and guided the special guests from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation to the Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class.

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Trinity's first grade ambassadors greeted and guided the special guests from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation to the Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class

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Trinity's first grade ambassadors greeted and guided the special guests from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation to the Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class

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Trinity's first grade ambassadors greeted and guided the special guests from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation to the Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class. The building behind the students and directly to right is Trinity's original 1904 church building that served as the first building used for Trinity more than 100 years ago.

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Under the canopy. Mrs. Wilsher welcomes the special guests from Florida Farm Bureau Federation

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The farmers are coming! Florida Farm Bureau Federation representatives arriving to Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach. The farmers featured Florida grown fruits and vegetables that are also sold locally at national chain grocery stores.

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Designated teacher of the year by Georgia-Florida Lutheran Schools Association, Mrs. Wilsher at Trinity Lutheran.

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Representing the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Ms. Carole Williams, a retired cattle farmer from New York, in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach, Florida for Farm To School Month.

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The Florida Farm Bureau Federation gifted Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class with nutrition posters, a Florida agriculture poster and the book Gardening for Grades: Florida Agriculture In The Classroom.

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Representing the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Mrs. Carole Williams, a retired cattle farmer from New York, in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach, Florida for Farm To School Month.

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Strawberries, raspberries and cherry tomatoes. For the snack-making demo at Trinity Lutheran, the farmers sourced fruits and vegetables from local farmers and from the local Target store. Many Florida grown fruits and vegetables are sold locally at national grocery stores.

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The first grade class at Trinity Lutheran School in Delray Beach, Florida celebrated Farm To School Month and Apple Month by hosting representatives from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation for a snack-making demo using fruits and vegetables from Florida farms.

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Apples, strawberries and raspberries for the yogurt parfait

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Yogurt for the parfait in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran for the Farm To School Month.

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Yogurt for the parfait in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran for the Farm To School Month.

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Yogurt for the parfait in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran for the Farm To School Month.

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Eva Webb of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation distributes to the first graders at Trinity Lutheran fruits and vegetables for the yogurt parfait.

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Eva Webb of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation distributes to the first-graders at Trinity Lutheran fruits for the yogurt parfait.

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October is also National Apple Month. This fruit was part of the healthy mix of fruits used in the yogurt parfait at Trinity Lutheran School in Delray Beach for Farm To School

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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The "City Manager" for Mrs. Wilsher's First Grade class enjoying the yogurt parfait. First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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First grade students at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach helped to create a healthy snack, the yogurt parfait for Scratch Cooking Day for Farm To School Month

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Farmer Carole Williams assisted first graders at Trinity Lutheran with making a spring salad using sweet peppers from Pero Family Farms of Palm Beach, Florida for Farm To School and its Scratch Cooking Day.

Teacher Mrs. Wilsher with the "City Manager" for first grade displaying nutrition posters from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Mrs. Wilsher's appoints students from her class to serve as "City Manager." The 'City Manager" led the students with word recitation and identifying the food items found in the posters.

Teacher Mrs. Wilsher with the "City Manager" for first grade displaying nutrition posters from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Mrs. Wilsher's appoints students from her class to serve as "City Manager." The 'City Manager" led the students with word recitation and identifying the food items found in the posters.

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Teacher Mrs. Wilsher with the "City Manager" for first grade displaying nutrition posters from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Mrs. Wilsher's appoints students from her class to serve as "City Manager." The "City Manager" led the students with word recitation and identifying the food items found in the posters.

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Spring mix snack featured sweet peppers from the local Pero Family Farms in Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran School in Delray Beach, Florida for Farm To School Month and its Scratch Cooking Day. The salad dressing was created from yogurt.

October is also designated National Apple Month. Apples from Target Stores accented the yogurt parfait snacks for National Farm To School Month celebrated in the first grade class at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach

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Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class was gifted with bags of Florida Crystals' brown sugar from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Florida Crystals is a local sugar cane farm in Palm Beach County, Florida

Spring mix with strawberries and Pero Family Farms sweet peppers for National Farm To School Month at Trinity Lutheran School

Spring mix snack featured sweet peppers from the local Pero Family Farms in Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran School in Delray Beach, Florida for Farm To School Month and its Scratch Cooking Day. The salad dressing was created from yogurt.

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Spring mix snack featured sweet peppers from the local Pero Family Farms in Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran School in Delray Beach, Florida for Farm To School Month and its Scratch Cooking Day. The salad dressing was created from yogurt.

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Apple poster from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation provided to Mrs. Wilsher's first grade class at Trinity Lutheran in Delray Beach. October is National Apple Month and Farm To Schools Month.

TrinityLutheran School was established in 1905 by German farmers who were early
settlers in Delray Beach. Trinity Lutheran School is the oldest parochial
school in Delray Beach.The church opened
one-year prior in 1904 as the 4th oldest church in Delray Beach.

About the
Florida Farm Bureau:

This
year, Florida Farm Bureau Federation celebrates 72 years of service to
agriculture. With about 147,000 members, Florida Farm Bureau is the state's
largest agricultural organization. There are Farm Bureaus in 60 counties in
this state, where agriculture is second only to tourism in economic importance.The Florida Farm Bureau Federation's mission
is "to increase the net income of farmers and ranchers, and to improve the
quality of rural life." The vision of the FFBF is "Florida Farm
Bureau will be the most effective, influential and respected Farm Bureau in the
nation. To truly be recognized as Florida's Voice of Agriculture.

About Children
& Parents Day:

The
annual non-profit Children & Parents Day presented by MLFH was established in 2005 with the
purpose of providing a
fun-filled day of family adventures with arts, crafts and history education
activities for children. The event has grown to include culinary experiences and features local farmers, local chefs and
local artists.Lori J. Durante
established the program which is sponsored by the Target corporation, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Children & Parents Day is one of the Official Community Event Partners for the State of Florida's Viva Florida campaign. Children & Parents Day has also joined National Nutrition Month and the Let's Move Campaign to fight childhood obesity. The event is held annually at the historic
Boynton Woman’s Club in Boynton Beach. The ninth annual Children & Parents Day is scheduled for Sunday, February 23, 2014.

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The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit museum. MLFH offers educational programs and history and retrospective anthropology exhibits showcasing lifestyle, cultures, people, places, fashion trends, clothes, costumes, textiles, architecture, furnishings, decorative arts, interior designs, locomotives and toys, and information about popular uses of artifacts by people/events of various periods of time. The goal of the Museum’s mission is to collect and preserve objects and artifacts that relate to the Museum’s mission; provide educational and; cultural arts programs for children, families, the general public and the economically disadvantaged; and the goal is to enhance tourist attractions and the economy of the area. Current services offered are traveling exhibits, the annual Children and Parents Day, the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Palm Beach County; and the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida. Call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277.